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title: "ID 4842165 DfE- Invest NI - Drupal CMS Support, Maintenance and Development - Pre Market Engagement"
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# ID 4842165 DfE- Invest NI - Drupal CMS Support, Maintenance and Development - Pre Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4842165-dfe-invest-ni-drupal-cms-support-maintenance-and-development-pre-market-engagem-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce67). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Invest Northern Ireland: "ID 4842165 DfE- Invest NI - Drupal CMS Support, Maintenance and Development - Pre Market Engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Invest Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/invest-northern-ireland-gov-ot1338)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Internet and intranet software package, Internet development services, Internet services, Networking, Internet and intranet software package (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKN, UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ce67`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-4842165-dfe-invest-ni-drupal-cms-support-maintenance-and-development-pre-market-engagem-ocds-h6vhtk-03ce67#tl-md)

## Description
** Pre-Market Engagement** DfE- Invest NI - Drupal CMS Support, Maintenance and Development - PME. Invest NI is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to establish a Contract with a Supplier to provide a Drupal support, maintenance and development managed service for their existing websites. This will include maintaining the websites on Invest NI servers, ensuring security patches and version upgrades are analysed and implemented in a timely manner and developing the websites and content management system (CMS) to support the business needs. The potential scale and scope of this service is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders. Prior to initiating the procurement Invest NI wishes to establish the level of market interest in participating in the procurement process. The objectives of this exercise are to: gain an update in supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, gain an updated insight to the market possibilities and potential innovative solutions; understand risks and issues not previously considered and inform the Procurement Strategy. Interested parties are requested to complete the questionnaire within the CfT documents area under ID 4842165 DFE- INVEST NI - DRUPAL CMS SUPPORT, MAINTENANCE AND DEVELOPMENT Pre-Market Engagement Exercise and return it via eTendersNI by 3.00pm on Monday 12 June 2023. Any requests for clarification relating to this exercise must be communicated using the secure messaging function on the eTendersNI portal. Responses to requests for clarification will be communicated by CPD to all interested suppliers through the eTendersNI messaging system. Your completed questionnaire should be uploaded within the eTendersNI portal via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) clarifications messaging function.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 48200000, 48220000, 72000000, 72400000, 72420000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Please see the Pre-Market Engagement exercise document (questionnaire) for all relevant details. The objectives of this exercise are to: • gain initial supplier awareness, engagement and opinion, • provide confidence around
viability of concept; • ga...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014552-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-22T16:02:39.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T14:51:50.581Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ce67